Supreme Court of Iowa
1000 Friends of Iowa, Bill Barnes, Inc., Bradley E. Coulson, Teresa M. Coulson, Sondra K. Feldstein Revocable Trust…
April 4, 2025
Summary
The court held that the heightened pleading requirements and dismissal-with-prejudice penalty in Iowa Code section 670.4A do not apply to a zoning-legality action seeking nonmonetary relief. The individual landowners sufficiently pleaded standing under Iowa Code section 335.18, while 1000 Friends did not adequately plead organizational standing but was entitled to amend its petition. The dismissal was therefore reversed and the case remanded.